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The Polyhedron Collider Cast

Four British blokes grab a beer and talk about board games and tabletop games for roughly an hour. They'll be discussing the latest board games, card games, miniature games and possibly even the odd roleplaying game.
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Oct 9, 2016

Jon is back for another dose of board game review and chat as we look at some new games and some upcoming Kickstarters. First off Steve and Jon try to save the world from otherworldly beings in Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu, Steve and Andy become otherworldly godlike beings in True Messiah and we all become brewers in Boar & Dice’s new Kickstarter Beer Empire.

 

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:08 AireCon

00:03:38 Review policy

00:11:49 Pandemic Reign of Cthulhu

00:28:10 True Messiah

00:40:35 The Hacker’s Guild

00:47:35 Pioneers Program

01:00:57 Beer Empire

01:23:54 The Polyhedron Collider Guild on Boardgamegeek

 

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Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Jul 17, 2016

Steve is our only hope as his misfit rebellion defeat Andy’s evil empire in Star Wars Rebellion, Andy takes his revenge as a blood hungry vampire in Fury of Dracula and John talks about Imps Devilish Duels, a game of dice and cards from Triple Ace Games.  The boys also take another look at the economic worker placement games of Crisis and Scythe. Discussion is then prompted by questions from listeners where all three weigh in with their thoughts on Battleships, Legacy games and the Spiel des Jahres nominees.

Contents

  • Star Wars Rebellion
  • Fury of Dracula
  • Imps Devilish Duels
  • Crisis
  • Scythe
  • Pandemic Legacy
  • Codenames

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Jun 30, 2016

The boys try and catch up with things after the UK Games Expo, unfortunately the number of games to talk about gets the boys in a twist and chaos ensues.  Jon gets his rhyming together in Obama Llama, Steve gets his escape pods and airlocks confused in Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space, Andy invades Rome in Hannibal and we all get political with Statecraft. 

Games mentioned:

  • Statecraft
  • Obama Llama
  • Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space
  • Nefarious
  • Dark Deeds
  • Dimensions
  • Hannibal: Rome vs Catharge

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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May 1, 2016

The Top Gear of table top gaming come together yet again to talk about all manner of board games.  Steve talks about getting to play an early copy of Dark Souls, Andy explores the new world in Empires: Age pf Discovery and Jon sets sail in the Curse of The Black Dice.

We also answer questions from the mailbag, talking about meeting our favourite designers, our magpie approach to games and the requirements of cultivating a neck beard in order to play magic.

Mar 31, 2016

The Polyhedron Collider chaps crack open a beer and discuss Blokus, Portal the Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game, TIME Stories, Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition and miniatures in board games.

Mar 7, 2016

Once again Jon talks about Munchkin and Talisman, Andy tries to show off his sommelier skills with Viticulture and Steve talks about ruling The Seven Kingdoms in A Game of Thrones the board game. We also talk about the UK Games Expo and an in depth discussion about which flavour of WKD is best.

Games mentioned                 

  • Viticulture
  • Housing Crisis
  • Raid & Trade
  • Munchkin
  • Roborally
  • Cash and Guns
  • A Game of Thrones the Board Game 2nd Edition
  • Machi Koro
  • Star Wars X-Wing the Miniatures Game

 

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Feb 24, 2016

Polyhedron Collider gathers up the crew, pours a beer and has a nice long chat about boardgames.

Warning there are a few naughty words.

Games mentioned:
• Specter Ops
• Alchemists
• Dead of Winter
• Exploding Kittens
• Euphoria
• Dixit
• Mysterium
• Poseidon’s Kingdom
• Pandemic Legacy
• Warhammer 40,000 second edition

Intro and Outro Music: "Ouroboros" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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